As Senior Manager – Enterprise Support, Paul Cohen leads the Desktop Support Services teams throughout E*Trade Financial’s offices globally. Paul has over 10 years of experience in Information Technology, primarily in Financial Services. At E*Trade Financial, in addition to his responsibilities overseeing technical support, Paul serves as the single-point-of-contact for the implementation, administration, and support of Credant Mobile Guardian. Paul received a B.A. in Finance from William Paterson University in 1991, graduating cum laude.

Stefan Richards is a Security Product Manager in Intel’s Digital Office Product Division. In his current position, Stefan is focused on the development of products and features that bring security to business client systems.

Stefan has been in the security industry for over a dozen years, nearly seven of which have been with Intel. Stefan’s previous work for Intel has included being an original author and developer of the Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA) standard. Stefan also led architecture and development of secure content protection systems and served as a manager and technical leader for Intel’s Security Center of Excellence, a team dedicated to ensuring Intel builds in and maintains the highest levels of security in their products.

Besides his work for Intel, Stefan has also worked as a Program Manager in Windows Security at Microsoft, driving the development of security features for the Windows operating system, including features in the areas of smart cards, biometrics, credential management and Windows authentication. Stefan also worked as a Solutions Architect and Engineering Manager for ValiCert Inc, a secure transaction company that specialized in security products based on public key infrastructure (PKI). Prior to starting his security career, Stefan served in the United States Marine Corps including service in Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Stefan has a B.S. in computer science from Oregon State University and an M.B.A from the University of Washington. Stefan is an active member of ISC2 and a current CISSP.

Christopher Robbins is the Manager of the IT Infrastructure Team at Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey. Christopher has 15 years experience in the Information Technology field across various industries including education, manufacturing, finance and insurance. Christopher’s current role at Horizon BCBSNJ is to build and maintain a comprehensive infrastructure security program to prevent, detect and respond to external and internal threats. Christopher currently oversees Horizon BCBSNJ’s intrusion detection infrastructure, proxy server infrastructure, firewall management, infrastructure monitoring, client encryption infrastructure, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing and supporting infrastructure security standards.

Benjamin Wright is the author of numerous books on technology law, including The Law of Electronic Commerce and Business Law and Computer Security. He often serves as featured speaker at industry conferences and professional meetings, and he teaches data security and e-discovery law at the SANS Institute. Mr. Wright recently delivered SANS Onsite to the e-discovery team of a major corporation. He wrote and presented to the government of Sri Lanka a report on technology law, which contributed to the adoption of national e-commerce legislation in October 2005. His web site is http://hack-igations.blogspot.com.

An expert in both embedded firmware and enterprise software, Burchett is the author of numerous patents. He previously served as Director of Research and Development for i2 Technologies. During his tenure, Burchett led the company's mobile wireless initiative as well as the first large scale development of the company's forecast, supply, capacity, allocation and order planning products. Prior to i2, Burchett designed and developed real-time embedded systems using artificial intelligence for top-secret projects. He received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Texas Tech University and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Southern Methodist University.